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“ That which is chiefly the office of a general, to force the enemy into fighting when he finds himself the stronger, and to avoid being driven into it himself when he is the weaker... ”

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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

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It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome.

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